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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
Brunswick , S. Eockwood, of Woodbridge 5 Win. Herbert Bowe 
of Paterson ; J. Payne Bowe, of Passaic; J. V. Baddey, of Ar¬ 
lington ; James McDonough, of Montclair; James H. Mecray 
of Maple Shade ; George W. Pope, of Athenia ; Werner Run«e 
of Newaik ; B. B. Smith, of Jersey City; A. T. Sellers, of 
Camden ; S. S. Treadwell, of Englewood, and B. E. Tuttle, of 
Bernardsville. Visitors and delegates present : Dr. Robert’W. 
Ellis, of New York City, President of the Veterinary Medical 
Association of New York County ; Drs. Eeonard Pearson and 
\\ . Horace Hoskins, of the Pennsylvania Association ; J. M. W. 
Kitchen, M. D., of East Orange, and Dr. T. B. Rogers of 
Woodbury. * 5 
President Bowe gave his annual address, which was pithy, 
wdth good suggestions to committee men and members in general! 
Applications for membership were received from Drs. Wm. 
P. Fink, of Atlantic City; Jacob Buhler, of West Hoboken, 
and Edward Rowe, Jr., Health Officer for the city of Summit. 
Applicants were duly vouched for and approved by the Board 
of Censors and were unanimously elected to membership. 
Dr. Werner Runge, chairman, presented the report of the 
Public Health Committee, which is here given in part : 
“ Dr - John V. Baddey has prepared a paper entitled ‘ The X- 
Ray as an Aid in the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Cattle.’ Dr. 
W. Runge will submit a paper entitled ‘Results of Experiments 
to Transmit Tuberculosis of Man to the Bovine Race.’ The 
work of the Public Health Committee is of a broad character 
and can only be covered in part. The Committee recommends 
the following resolutions : 
Resolved , That the Members of Congress and State Eegislatures be 
requested to provide suitable laws, establishing a commission to be com¬ 
posed of the best men available, empowering said commission to make 
use of condemned criminals as subjects for experimenting in the trans¬ 
mission of bovine tuberculosis to mankind. 
Resolved, lhat no cattle should be allowed to drink from any pol¬ 
luted pond, brook or river. All public water troughs should be so con¬ 
structed as to allow constant circulation of the water contained therein ; 
that the overflow of said troughs should be so constructed as to allow 
all water to flow from the sides of same, thereby carrying off the surface 
water of said troughs continually. 
Resolved , That we, as members of the Association, do hereby declare 
ourselves as heartily in favor of carrying out the law making it compnl- 
soi \ on thepait of all veterinarians to report glanders, whenever it comes 
under their observation. And we further suggest that the law be carried 
out stringently and that the party concealing any case of glanders, com- 
mg under his observation, be summarily dealt wdth. 
Resolved , That it is the sense of this Association that every city. 
